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Statue of Pilot Plant Section Equipment Development Program (open access)

Statue of Pilot Plant Section Equipment Development Program

A development program is being carried out in the pilot plant to improve the equipment involved in monitoring, metering and pumping process streams. The equipment under development includes an alpha monitor, a gamma monitor, a waste water monitor, a liquid flow rate meter, a canned rotor pump, a diaphragm pump, air lifts and a pressure tank pump. This report presents the present status of the testing program.
Date: October 14, 1960
Creator: Mackey, T. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Removal of Radioiodine from Air-Steam Mixtures (open access)

Removal of Radioiodine from Air-Steam Mixtures

A short-term study was made to investigate the removal of radioiodine vapor from air-steam mixtures as could occur immediately following a nuclear incident in a pressurized water reactor. Activated charcoal traps, designed to simulate a small section of a commercial charcoal canister, were tested at gas velocities of 23.9 to 74.9 ft/min over the temperature range of 75 to 118°C. The iodine removal efficiency was found to range from 99.80 to 99.4% with an average of 99.9%. One test performed at a temperature of 105°C and with gas velocity of 290 ft/min indicated that the iodine removal efficiency was reduced to 99.54%. Activated charcoal exhibits a high efficiency for iodine vapor removal under these test conditions and appears suitable for application in the decontamination of air-steam mixtures.
Date: November 14, 1960
Creator: Adams, R. E. & Browning, W. E. Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examination of HRT "O" Ring Gaskets From Flanges A-117 and D-127. Met. Spec. Nos. X12760 and X12661. Metallography Report (Y-12) No. 40 (open access)

Examination of HRT "O" Ring Gaskets From Flanges A-117 and D-127. Met. Spec. Nos. X12760 and X12661. Metallography Report (Y-12) No. 40

The results of an examination of "O" ring gaskets remove from the HRT following a discovery that the water in the leak detector system contained 1000 ppm chloride are presented.
Date: January 14, 1957
Creator: Kegley, T. M., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Temperature Properties in Relation to Design (open access)

High-Temperature Properties in Relation to Design

The essential physical and mechanical properties of materials which enter into the design considerations of high-temperature systems have been outlined, and the relationship of these factors to the detailed design of structural members noted. Particular attention is given to the phenomenon of strain-cycling and relaxation, and several engineering devices wherein these effects can markedly influence design are mentioned. Techniques and apparatus for the measurement of strain-cycling and relaxation properties are described and some recent data for Inconel at 1500 F is reported. A brief discussion is presented on design-criterial for high-temperature applications, and it is pointed out that in some high performance devices the considerations of the strain-cycling phenomenon may impose the design philosophy of "steady-state" operation. Some elementary applications of strain cycling data to design are described, and test experience indicates that analytical techniques can be developed for predicting with reasonable reliability of the fatigue life of structures.
Date: March 14, 1957
Creator: Weir, J. R.; Meghreblian, Robert V. (Robert Vartan) & Douglas, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equilibrium Adsorption of Krypton and Xenon on Activated Carbon and Linde Molecular Sieves (open access)

Equilibrium Adsorption of Krypton and Xenon on Activated Carbon and Linde Molecular Sieves

Equilibrium krypton and xenon adsorption isotherms were obtained for four varieties of charcoal and for Linde Molecular Sieves Types 4A and 5A, generally at 0, 25, and 60°c. Such data are of interest in connection with design and evaluation of adsorbers for radioactive noble gas fission products. The isotherms were fitted, by linear regression analysis, to straight-line forms of the Freundlich and Langmuir equations. The Freundlich linear equation gave the better fit and the parameters of this equation are presented for each of the isotherms. Also presented are the constants for an equation representing the temperature dependence of arbitrary adsorption coefficients, the coefficients having been calculated from the Freundlich isotherm parameters. Some aspects of the applicability and accuracy of these results are discussed.
Date: February 14, 1961
Creator: Ackley, R. D. & Browning, W. E., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrophotometric Determination of Cerium with Tiron (open access)

Spectrophotometric Determination of Cerium with Tiron

A spectrophotometric method for the determination of cerium with Tiron (disodium-1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5disulfonate) was applied to the determination of cerium in samples which contain uranium and zirconium. The cerium-Tiron complex in solutions of pH 8 or greater exhibits an absorption maximum of 500 mu . This reagent does not react with any other lanthanide element. The interference of iron, uranium, and zirconium was eliminated by extracting these interfering elements with a solution of trioctylphosphine oxide in cyclohexane. (auth)
Date: June 14, 1957
Creator: McDowell, B. L.; Meyer, A. S., Jr. & White, J. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Useful Solution for Short Cylindrical Shells and Other Applications (open access)

A Useful Solution for Short Cylindrical Shells and Other Applications

The general solution to the basic differential equation d^4w/dy^4 +4w= -4f(y) is transformed from the primary form treated in most texts to an alternate form in which each integration constant corresponds to one edge condition at y=0. The relationships between the integration constants of the two forms are derived and the values for the transformed functions are tabulated. The particular solution is derived in general and given in unique form for various functional forms of f(y). Matrix notation is used throughout the derivations; however, a knowledge of matrix theory is not need for application of the results.
Date: February 14, 1961
Creator: Moore, S. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuel Cycle Program - A Boiling Water Reactor Research and Development Program: Tenth Quarterly Progress Report October-December 1962 (open access)

Fuel Cycle Program - A Boiling Water Reactor Research and Development Program: Tenth Quarterly Progress Report October-December 1962

The Fuel Cycle Program is an integrated program of investigation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor and other facilities to improve the technological limits of boiling water reactors in several areas.
Date: January 14, 1963
Creator: Howard, C. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library